What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
Detroit might be known for manufacturing, but we're also a city of art. There are so many amazing pieces in the city that we can't possibly include them all in one post, but we thought we'd gather some of our favorite murals, parks and bits of artistic whimsy around town. This is meant as a conversation starter. We'd like to eventually build a map of all the art around …
If you look at the corner of 14th and Michigan Avenue in Corktown, you might notice something new. That's because there's a new statue created by the Nordin Brothers of the Detroit Design Center in the median. It's called "Generations." If you're looking to figure out where it is, it's between Slows BBQ and the CPA Building, across Michigan Avenue from the old Michigan …
Cindy Pasky often spends her Saturdays mornings at Eastern Market buying food, flowers, maybe a little wine, and checking out the shops and art. On one trip she admired the work of Detroit mural artist Olayami Dabls and reached out to him to create a piece for her company, Strategic Staffing Solutions (S3). He agreed and Pasky commissioned a 25-foot long piece that would …
Amazing. Jaw-dropping. Yes, they're strong words, but these new murals in Eastern Market, put up last month by various artists as part of the "Murals in the Market" program, live up to the high praise. This is the second year where artists from near and far have descended on Detroit to paint some of the biggest canvases there are - the sides of buildings. It proves you can …
There have been a lot of exciting things happening at the Scarab Club this year. In June they unveiled a brand new campaign "We Know Detroit By Art." They have kept the momentum going, focusing on bringing the historic club forward into the new with the announcement of a new executive director, Ashley Hennen. The 28 year old Hennen has previous experience working for …
Normally when you say something “sucks,” it’s bad. In this case, sucking is a good thing. Today the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department rolled out eight new Vactor Trucks at a cost of $3.9 million. The fleet, with this addition, has been tripled to twelve trucks. They will be put to work cleaning out 30,000 …
